Sentences with phrase «further belt tightening»

The percentage point increase in VAT and the higher fuel levy announced in the budget do indicate further belt tightening for consumers, but with any luck only in the short term while the economy gets back on track.

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One of the state's largest Aboriginal trusts is being forced to further tighten its belt as its royalties from Rio Tinto's Yandi iron ore project continue to fall.

That will mean further tightening of the belt, likely including steps beyond layoffs.

And this survey, which was taken in February and March, was before sequestration hit, further tightening Uncle Sam's belt.

«We all have to tighten our belts, but closing twenty firehouses simply goes too far,» Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said in a statement earlier this year.

But with free school closure rates, it seems to me, likely to be well above anything experienced in local authorities in the past; further questions hanging over the future of organisations such as Chapel Street and Parkfield; and general worries about the merits of setting up lots of small new institutions at a time of belt - tightening, questions about this policy are mounting up.

Further, the car's pre-sense basic tightens the seat belt in hazardous situations leading up to a collision, and closes the windows and sunroof.

Now, many will need to tighten belts even further to help them afford the new rates in the state.

In the near - term, it will likely mean some belt - tightening among those with variable rate mortgages and lines of credit, and with more increases expected, some consumers will be scrimping further as the year goes on.